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‘Reutlinger Nachrichten’ says that in Kampala (capital of Uganda) an Anglican bishop banned some teenage girls from the Anglican schools that belonged to his diocese. These girls got pregnant before marriage and thus the bishop feared they might mean bad influence for the other students.

‘Reutlinger Nachrichten’ says that in 2020 for the first time since the turn of the millennium significantly more people died of malaria than the year before. The number of infections rose by 14 million to 241 million and the number of deaths rose to 627.000. 96 percent of deaths were reported in sub-Saharan Africa – especially Uganda. The WHO takes into account that due to the pandemic maybe not all cases of death caused by malaria have been officially registered as such. Two thirds of these deaths were due to interruptions in malaria programs due to the Corona pandemic. But even before the pandemic the world was not able to further reduce the number of malaria significantly as planned.
High hopes are put in particular in one vaccine. The WHO had only recommended “RTS, S” in October for routine use in children in particularly affected regions of the world. Despite troubles due to Corona China and El Salvador were certified as malaria-free by the WHO this year.
Malaria is one of the leading causes of death in children under the age of five. According to the new calculation method malaria accounts for 7.8 percent of deaths in children in this age group worldwide.
Malaria can be cured if treated in time. However of course it would be best not to fall ill in the first place. Mosquito nets treated with insect killers are effective protection against infection.

As I’m working for this church I know about this without any newspaper or radio telling me: Due to Corona many shops couldn’t sell all of their clothes this year. As they didn’t want to store their clothes either to sell them next year, they either destroyed or donated them. Some ended up at the KAB (a Roman-Catholic organisation) and they decided to open up a bazar to donate the amount of money earned to Uganda. As due to Corona many schools had to close temporarily and as this is a very poor country teachers and other school staff didn’t get any recompensation for the time they couldn’t work. Also churches are shut meaning that kindergardens, schools, homes for retired people, hospitals belonging to a church or charitable Christian organisations didn’t receive any money from a church collection. Anyway this bazar is supposed to help them out. From October 11th to October 16th in the ‘katholische Gemeindehaus St.
Wolfgang’ (Marktstr. 26) in 72793 Pfullingen this bazar is open:
Mon. to Fri. – 2 to 6 pm
Saturday – 10 AM to 4 pm.

While most people know about street children in Uganda or even about the so called ‘witch children’ Ugandans who have a disability usually don’t seem to get that much medial attention. Thus the newspaper ‘GEA’ now wrote an article about a school in Bukulula (Uganda). While it may not seem that extraordinary in the EU, Australia or North America what sets this school apart from other schools in Uganda is that it offers Ugandan children with a disability an apprenticeship as a carpenter, tailor or something agricultural. The organisation ‘Zinunula’ from Germany now also plans to build a primary school and kindergarden for children who have a disability, but may be too young to start an apprenticeship. Both are going to open in 2022. Contrary to some industrial countries regular schools in Uganda legally reject children who have a disability. Plus their mentality is a bit different, meaning that some families don’t even see why they should put money into the education of a son or daughter who has a disability. Some even go so far as to hide their children if they have a disability.

The German newspaper ‘GEA’ says that the Ugandan government only gives financial support to organisations taking care of orphans younger than 10. However in St. Matayo in the Diocese of Hoima there is a Catholic priest who takes care also of orphans older than that. He tries to help them find an apprenticeship. For some of them he even needs to pay for medical treatment.